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It's kind of a big deal that Emerson College is changing the name of its school of communication: The college in Boston will rename the school—for one day only—the Ron Burgundy School of Communication on Dec. 4 to honor the fictitious television anchorman. Actor Will Ferrell, in character, is scheduled to share his path to journalism greatness with students. His visit will include a news conference, the renaming ceremony, and a screening of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Ferrell, as himself, will introduce the movie.

College President Lee Pelton says Burgundy "understands the power of media, as well as hairspray, firsthand." Burgundy, known for telling people he's "kind of a big deal," says he hopes to let students know how hard it is to make it to the top, in his words, "especially if you don't have good hair."

Ron Burgundy now works for Newser. What a piece of crap news organization this is. Reporting on Kim Kardashian and Ron Burgundy , but not a word about Iranian embassy blast in Lebanon. Yea "read less- know more" .... more stupid nonsense that is.

AEK

Nov 19, 2013 8:13 AM CST

Given the quality of many of today's 'journalists', they might as well keep the name permanently.

brandonH

Nov 19, 2013 12:45 AM CST

You can always tell when a society has hit an all time low...when life begins to imitate art. But when society begins to imitate 'comedy', there's something sick about that.